Contemporary Economics Author:Milton H. Spencer "Many of the great social problems that confront us today -among them unemployment, inflation, poverty, discrimination, urban blight, and ecological decay- have economic roots. In order to diagnose and cure these ailments, we must first understand their complex nature." - Milton H. Spencer — "In this book I have tried to conv... more »ey a vivid sense of the pertinence and importance of economics by presenting a balanced treatment of theory, problems, and policies." This balance has been achieved through the following features of this book: ORGANIZATION, EXHIBITS, BOXED ESSAYS, and PHOTOGRAPHS, LEADERS IN ECONOMICS-HISTORICAL and CONTEMPORARY, ISSUES and CASES, REFERENCES and READING SUGGESTIONS, and a DICTIONARY.« less